Heap Overflow in SmiVariable SMM Handler
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in AptioV_5.045
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: AptioV_5.045.
- Last modified
- Whether it needs action now or is a reference record, by fixed rules, with why. Last checked is when cve.now last re-read it.What do these mean? →
- Reference
- Last checked
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 7/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
A heap buffer overflow in the SmiVariable SMM handler of AMI Aptio BIOS firmware lets a privileged local user corrupt memory. This can crash the system or cause a firmware update to fail, and it could also affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
Read the original description
AMI APTIOV contains vulnerabilities in BIOS where privileged users may cause the “Heap-based Buffer Overflow” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to a denial of service during firmware update processing, such as a crash or failed update if the out-of-bounds write hits unmapped memory. It could also impact Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure?/25Unknown. No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity6.8/10CVSS 6.8
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 62 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 57 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 29 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: AptioV_5.045.
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Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-66335 (Heap Overflow in SmiVariable SMM Handler), using the cve.now data below. Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only. What cve.now has for CVE-2026-66335 (entry last updated 2026-11-10): Affected: - AMI AptioV: from AptioV_5.0, fixed in AptioV_5.045 Fixed versions: AptioV_5.045. Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory. CISA KEV: CVE-2026-66335 is not listed as of cve.now's last read. This KEV status is for CVE-2026-66335 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one. How to check: - Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory. Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one: - https://go.ami.com/hubfs/Security%20Advisories/2026/AMI-SA-2026003.pdf Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing. Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action. Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-66335 For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example get_vulnerability with id CVE-2026-66335.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- AMI AptioV
From AptioV_5.0 · fixed in AptioV_5.045
Evidence 3
Vendor advisory · 1
Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.
- Link
CVE record · 2
Establishes: The identifier and description.
- Record
- Record
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-66335
Is CVE-2026-66335 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-66335?
AptioV: from AptioV_5.0 before AptioV_5.045.Source: cve.now feed data
How do I fix CVE-2026-66335?
Upgrade to a fixed version: AptioV_5.045.Source: cve.now feed data